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Harlowe

Harlowe: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“army hill”
Origin
English
Say it
HAR-loh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (95% of all uses)

Harlowe is a variant spelling of Harlow, from an English surname and place name. The usual derivation is from Old English here 'army' and hlaw 'hill'.

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How popular is Harlowe?

202440.0 per million US babies
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Babies named Harlowe in 2024134

2024 rank#1,680 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 1880930

Harlowe is rising: use over the last five years is 3.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Harlowe

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Harlowrock hill · Old English
  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English

Harlowe questions

What does the name Harlowe mean?

Harlowe means "army hill". It comes from English. Harlowe is a variant spelling of Harlow, from an English surname and place name. The usual derivation is from Old English here 'army' and hlaw 'hill'.

Is Harlowe a boy or girl name?

Harlowe is mainly a girl's name in US records (95% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Harlowe?

134 US babies were named Harlowe in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Harlowe?

Harlowe is usually pronounced HAR-loh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.